Fat Head

Just finished watching Fat Head (watch for free below, via Hulu).

A few takeaways:

• The food pyramids are based on a congressional committee, not scientific research.
• Eating according to the food pyramid (low fat, high grains) will kill you.
• Whole grain bread will cause your blood sugar to spike more than eating raw sugar.
• Eating a lot of grains will increase your insulin resistance making you fat and giving you diabetes.
• Cancer rates have increased after stuff that was supposed to replace saturated fat (e.g. margarine, canola oil, etc. became a part of our diets).
• Eating high fat goods is good for you.
• Skim milk could be making kids dumb in school.
• School buses and long days at school are making kids fat, not McDonalds.
• Chain fast food restaurants are targeted because they can be sued for money.
• There is no indication that high cholesterol is related to heart disease.
• Obesity death statistics included all deaths of obese people (not just deaths caused by obesity).
• Scientists that challenge the current recommendations lose their research funding.